The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 26, 1909, Image 1
VOL XLVI NO 8 NEWBERRY S. TUESDAY. JANUARY N. 1909.
SOMETHING ABOUT
THE LEGISLIIURE
SOME OF THE MEASURES PRO
POSED IN TWO WEEKS. .
The Legislative Hopper is Full and
the Mill Grinds Slow
ly.
Columbia, January 25.-Two weeks
of the legislative session.have passed.
About four hundred proposed new
laws have been engrossed as bills and
introduced. At this rate the number
of new measures for this session will
go beyond 1000 easily. A great
many new men are.in this legislature
and they have new ideas they want
to put into law. Some of these n:,w
measures are good and some are not.
There are too many changes in the
laws any way but the new member
must do something to carry out the
promises made in the campaign.
- One of the elections has been held
and was mentioned in the last issue
of The Herald and News. It was for
chief justice of the supreme court to
succeed Chief Justice Pope and only
two candidates were voted for-Asso
ciate Justiee Eugene B. Gary and Ira
B. Jones. Mr. Jones was elected. Mr
Gary was the senior justice in service
by about two years and according to
all precedent should have been pro
moted. The responsibility and work
of the chief justice is no greater than
an associate. Mr. Gary's forces were
not organized and no special work
was done for him while the Jones
forces were organized.
Of the Newberry delegation John
stone, Kibler and Harmon voted for
Jones and Wyche for Gary.
The election for a asoncisHRDL
The election for an associate jus
tiec of the court to su-cceed Mr. Jones
will be held on Wednesday .of this
week. There are five candidates for
this position-Ex-Gov. Jno. C. Shep
pard, of Edgefield; Representative
Thos P. Cothran, of Greenville; Cir
euit Judges R. C. Watts. D. E. Hy
dric.k and Geo. W. Gage. In the ev
ent one of the circuit judges should
be elected it would necessitate an
other election to fill the vacancy thus
caused. Then there are members of
the board of the penitentiary and of
the trustees of the colleges to be
elected. Not much can be done until
these elections are over.
Several important and far reach
ing measures have been proposed.
Of course the prohibition fight is
to come. The opinion seems to pre
vail that a State-wide p)rohlibition
measure will pass the house but there
~is some doubt as to what the senate
will do. Numerously signed petitions
have been coming to the members and
delegations from the Baptist conven
tion and thd Miethodist conference
have been before the committees of
the house and senate advocating the
passage of a State-wide prohibition
measure.
Some of those who seem to know
say there w'll be a majority of from
fot4r to seven in the senate, against
State-wide prohibition. Some of the
senat'rs who are prohibitionists take
the position that the cause of temper
ance will be best promoted under the
present law of permitting the coun
ties to govern the thing as to each
may seem b)est. If the legislature
should pass State-wide prohibition it
would probably tend to take the
thing out of State campaigns and
tive onr candidates somethina- else to
talk about except liquor.
The lien law will come up again
for action and a bill to repeal has
against been introduced. The State
Farmers U.nion in session here last
week passed resolutions asking the
reeal of the law.
A bill to provide punishment for
attempt to rape has passed the sen
ate. Its main provisions are as fol
lows:
1. Attempts to ravish are placed
upon the same plane as actual com
mission of the crime, in so far as the
death penalty is provided.
2. It is left to the discretion of the
trial judge to commute sentence to
life i-mprisonment.
3. The victim shall be alloved to
tetify before the court sten aape
and atto~rneys. thie sameflt to be read to
i:1e jury in open court.
Tohe bit raise the salaries of
State officers has passed the senate.
A bill has been introduced to pro
vide fire escapes in hotels and also to
provide an inspector of hotels who
is to receive a salary of $2,000. He
is to make an annual inspection of
all hotels. and is granted polite pow,
ers to enter any hotel at reasonable
hours to determine whether the pro
visions of the Act are being complied
with.
The bill states that the inspector
shall keep a complete set of books or
card index. for public use, and in
fspection, showkug the condition of
-each hotel as kispected. its sanitary
conlition, the number and condition
of its fire escapes. and any other in
formation for the betterment of the
public service.
The bill also provides for assistant
iispectors, if necessary.
The superintendent of the Hospit
al for the Insane has requested an -ex
amination of that .institution and a
bill has been introdu-ced in the sanate
providing for this investigaton.
A bill has also been introduced
providing for a system of rural po
liee. - A bill similar to this was in
troduced in the last legislature by
Mr. Aull of Newberry. but it failed
of passage.
There should be some protection
given to the people of the rural dis
tricts.
A bill providing for State aid in
the building of public roads has been
introduced. It calls for an issue of
two and a half million dollars of
State bonds and to, be given to the
counties on condition that the amount
given by the State be supplemented
by the countv. No more important
measure couli have the attention of
the legislature than aid in the build
ing of public roads.
The compulsory education bill has
again been introduced.
The State last year borrowed $500.
000 and paid in interest something
vore $13.000. The appropriation bill
this year will not b less and the tax
levy will have to be increased..
The farmers in the legislature held
a meeting one night last week to dis
cuss matters pertaining to their in
terests. Senator Johnstone., of New
berry, was called to the chair. Sever
al speeches were made, among those
taking past in speech making were
Representatives Harrison, Clark.
Dixon and others. Some of the re
marks were directed at the extrava
gance in expenditures at Clemso;i.
The presiding officer called Represau
tative Scarborough to the chair and
as trustee of Clemson defended the
institution in a lengthy sp)eech. Rep
resentative Mann' another trustee
member also spoke for Clemson.
A commission is prop)osed to look
into the matter of erecting a gover
nor's mansion and also a supreme
court building and to report the cost
and plans to the next session.
A proposition to provide a county
attorney was killed.
*A bill to put 20 years convicts or
all convicts over ten years on the
public works of the county was also
killed.
The house on Saturday gave its at
tention to uncontested house bills and
many of them were p)assed to a third
reading.
The following is the p)etition on
which an investigation of the Hospit
al for the Insane is asked:
"The board of regents and the su
perintendcen1t of the State Hospitni
for the Insane respeetfully urge the
-ttentionl of your h onorab)le body to
the inadequaey of the present pro
yvision for and accommodations ot the
IOspita1l and the desirability of mnak
ing certain changes affecting its wvel
fare and management. Among these
chanzes are the re'zulation of the
handling of eases of -ehronic inebria
es and alleged insane criminals, as to
which sonie misunderstanding has
trisen as to the scope and proper con
duet of the work of the institution,
he better classific-ation of patients
and the development of a farm col
my in the country, besides improve
ments in other conditions now unsat
sfactorv.
"We accordinigly request that a
i;n and n ffai:> of the hospital and
ts manag:ment in order that your
.maTllale ml~ av be fully inform
ed with regerence thereto. 1 all
"Respectfully, th
"W. J. Gooding. us
"J. W. Babcock.' eit
Amends Banking Laws. di
Mr. A. G. Brice, of the house, has
introduced a bill of weneral interest eo
to the banks of the State. The bill in
provides: That Chapter XLI of t-h
Volume 1, of the Code of Laws of sh
South Carolina. 1902. be. and the ac
same is he-reby. amended by inserting na
therein after Section 1,744, the fol- pa
lowing two additional sections fo be th
known as Section 1.744 (a) and See- ea
tion 1,744 (b) as follows: Section 1.- sa
744 (a). Every hank or banking in
stitution reciving deposits shall at
all times keel) and have on hand as a
reserve fund an amount 'equal to fif
teen per centum o its active deposits. Bi
and five per centum of its savings
deposits. Section .1.774 (b.) Every
bank or banking institution shall set
aside to its surplus account not less
than one-tenth of its net earnings h
each year. until its surplus shall be th
equal to twenty-five per centum of
its ca>ital stock. And it shall be the
Co
duty of the State bank examiner to
enforce this and the preceding see- hi
tion.
Wants to Eat on Sunday.
Mr. Rucker, of the house, wants sh
Sunday meals and has presented this 'c
bill in the gneral assembly:
Relating to lie powers of munici
pal corporations in reference to serv- al
ing meals and lunches to travellers on in
passenger trains on Sundays: r2
Be it enacted by the general as
sembly of the State of South Caro- .
lina: i"
Section 1. That from and after be
the approval of this Act, no munici
pal corporation in this State shall bo
have, the right to pass any ordinance
prohibiting hotel and restaurant pa
keepers or other persons from serving o
meals or lunches to passengers on
trains within the limits of such mu- Ju
nicipal corporations on Sunday, and te
all such ordinances heretofore pass
ed are heerhy declared illegal andt
void. th
mi
See. 2. All act or parts of acts to
inco)nsistent with this act are hereby of
repealed. bri
Statements by Corporations. an
The committee on incorporations ju<
will -report favorably on the Brown- th<
ing bill, which requires all corpora
tions to keep on file a statement, and to
that such financial statement shall me
be open to inspection of stockholders. sp,
It wi'll report majority unfavorable
on Mr. K. P. Smith 's bill to require ho;
such financial statements to be mail- th<
ed, at least once a year to stockhold- ele
ers of record. sei
The chief differenee between the so1
Browning and K. P. Smith 's bills are er.'
that one looks to mailing a sworn chi
statement to each stockholder, and wi
Mr. Browning's b)ill requires that a sh:
certified statement shall be made
once a year. and that it shall be open tmn
to inspection of stockholders. Pun- ot]
ishment is provided in ease these re--sh
ports are falsified. .. 0
To Protect Foxes. tie:
Mr. Wright had a bill to include to
Aiken county in the law for the pro- lar
teetion of foxes. The bill was given an:
its second reading but not .until a lit
tle rider providing that nothing in thein
bill shalh prohibit the killngr of foxesre
while engaged in killing anything
was attached to it. The result will
be that all foxes killed will be en
aged in killing or trying to kill.
omething'. Under the bill, as adopt- Ri
ed. many iunties undlertake to pro-F
teet foxes luring eertain seasons of ne.
the year. pm
The house calendar con tinues to
o.row, and the members will this J-.
week have to buckle down to work. 1
A resolution was adopted authoriz- Cr.
ing the speaker to engage an assis
ant, who is authorizedl to do such
lerical work as may be necessary
and1 be a zeneral utility man. 1
The resolution looking to issuing a F.
:harter to the Cinchfield railroad is
being held up pending the introduc- jR
ion and passage of a general bill au- ReIn
horizing charters in such cases.
Regulates Interest Rates.
The house has a p)ropositionl to it'
make the legal rate oif interest 6 per;
e'nPt. The commit tee is opposed to
he hill, which provides: P,.
Se:ian 1. No gre:iter interest than 1I
i p~wr !m'ni per* annum!f shall be charg- to
owed upon any contract, arisimg
i State, for the hiring, lending
e of nioneY or other commod'
her by way of straight inter
'count or otherwise.
Section 2. Any p)ersoii. firm
rporation charging, using, accE
x any greater amount of inter
in the legal rate as herein provid
all forfeit all interest. cost of
tion and1( such portion of the or
I amount as may be necessary
y counsel fees and all expenses
e defndant or defendants in Si
es -as may resist the payment
id intei'est.
REATE COUNTY ATTORNE
11 Introduced in the Senate to I
vide For New Official-Duties
Prescribed.
A bill has been introduced in
ate by Senator Sullivan to ere
a office of county attorney and
fine his duties. The bill provid
"Section 1. That the office of
unty attorney bz and the. same
rebV created for the several co
s of the State.
"See. 2. The said county attori
all be a r?sident lawyer of
unty.
"See. 3. His duties shall be to
e each and every county office:
legal and business matters pertv
r to their respeetive offices and
present the county in all cases
iich the State or county is a p
. He shall attend all inquests h
the county and conduct the e
fore the coroner, seeing that
idlence is correctly recorded z
at only material witnesses
und over to court. He shall i
re a brief of the cases and otli
se aid the solicitor in the dispa
business. He shall assist the gr.
v in all matters claiming their
ition, when requested by them
the indictments recommended
em are prepared and presented
a court. He shall assist the c
ttes appointed: by the grand .i
examine the books of all cou:
icers. including magistra
inging to the attention of the co
y matter in his judgment or
lgmeint of the grand jury need
court's attention.
"Sec. 4. The books, record. f
uhers of all county offieers e
gistrates shall be open to his
action at all times.
"Sec. 5. At the first meeting of
ard of eounty commissioners, af
a pproval of this act. tiley si
t a county attorneiy. who st
-ve for twvo years until hi.s sulc
is el'eeted and qualified: and
two year's tihereafter said bo,
ill elect ani attornley in accordai
tl this act, whose term of ofi
ill be two years.
'Sec. 6. The salary of county
-nev shall be paid by the county
ier county salaries are paid,
i be fixed by the board of comn
nmissioners for the several coi
s in proportion to population.
exceed thle sum of $1.000 in1
ger counties, nor less than $500
v ounty.
'Sec. 7. All acts or parts of a
onsistent with thlis act are here
>ealed.
Reedy River Association.
['he Union meeting of thle Ree
per Association will be held at
-t Baptist church at Newberry
ct Sunday. The following is
rram:
0.30. Devotional exercises by RB
F. McG4ill.
nltroductory sermon by RIev. C.
ermonl Sunday 11 a. m. by R<
C. Hidden.
sb.iets for discussion, "TI
ristian and prayer.'' by Rev.
McGill and Mr. .J. S. Dominiek.
'Tie Christian and the Word
. C. L. Craig and Dr. James 12
'Tie Christian and the Holy Sp
'Revs. W. C. Hidden and C.
'Tie Laymen 's Movement.' R<
P. Mitchell and Mr. W. H. Hunt
{w we may use thle fifth Snndai
bes .antg by all the'-d
i' SENAIE REFUSES
IO UT SALARYJ
,st.
SENATOR EARLE WISHED GOV
ERNOR'S SALARY TO BE $3000.
pt
edt Several Amendments to Senator
the Graydon's Bill Were Proposed,
But Were Rejected.
to
Of The senate agaiii considered on
ch Thursday, says the State. the much
of discussed bill of Senator GTraydon to
regulate the compensation of the sev
eral State officers and that of their
assistants. Several amendments
were proposed in addition to those
which had come up on the second
ro- reading, but all new amendments
were killed. The proposition in gen
eral is to restore salaries to what
they were when the Reform move
the ment came along, and to pay the offi
ate cials of South Carolina a salary on
to which they can live comfortably
es: while in office, as is the case in other 1
t4e States. t
IS Senator Earle offered an amend
un- ment to make the governor's salary t
$3,000 instead of $4,000. as provided
iey in the 'bill as amended by the finance
the committee. Senator Graydon, the au
thor of tLe original bill, moved to lay'
ad- the ameni.ment on the table. Senator
in Earle had explained his reasons for
in- offering tile amendment, as follows:!
to It would be unfortunate for the leg
in islature to increase the pay for the
ar- governor's office, as this would make
eld a scramble for the office. The legis
ase lature has been creating offices at a
the rapid rate, giving more clerks and
in; ilmore expenses, etc.. etc.
are Senator Forrest of Saluda offered f
re- an amendment to make the salary of
er- the governor $3,500 and Senator
tch Otts moved to table. On this motion
nd to table the vote stood 27 to 11.
at- There was a general vote taken on
nd a motion to table Senator Earle's mo
by tion to make the State officers, in
to eluding attorney general. et al., $2.
)m- 000, instead of $2,250, as the original.
rv bill amended provides. The vote on
ty the motion of Senator Graydon to
. table resulted: Ayes, 29; nays, 9.
urt Before the vote to pass the bill over i
:he the third'reading and order the same I
ing sent to the house, there was some dis
cussion on -the condition of South I
d Carolina's finances. Senator Rains
nd;ford called attention to the debt of
- the State ae-coi;ding to the report in
the governor's mnessage. Senator
hMauldin explained the State was not.
hin bad condition financially. Thet
trlevv placed it 53 1-2 mills last year
alwsould provide the needed money to
all cover appropriations made. The de
es- fieecy referred to would be obliter
eatei. uTless there should be some ex
rdc traordinary appropriations. A lv
cof 5 mills should lie able to cover all
eenecessary running iexpenses of the
State government.
at- Senator Laney said that if the leg
as islature had followed Comptroller
nd General Jones' recommendations the
ty State would not have h.ad to borrow
rn- $300,000 last year.
iot The vote to pass the bill over to
:he the house resulted:
int Teas-Appelt, Bass. Bates, Car- I
p)enter,. Christensen. Clifton, Croft,
ets Grayd on, Hardin, Hough, Johnstone, I
by~ Kelley. Lide, Mauldin. M'cKeithan, h
Montgomery, Otts, Sinkler. Smith. ai
Spivey, Stewart. Sullivan. Summers, f
Waler.Waler.Weston. Williams -u
INava - Black. -Carlisle. Crosson, FI
he Earle. Forrest. Griffin. Harvey. John
he ho-vy-s. Wharton-T 'sal 1-3t
> he bill passed the~ seon ie -xi1 h
-tile amendments as proposed by the ie
finance committe. The governor 's
L. salary is placed at $4.000 and the
IState officeers at $2.250; the adjutant ;
v. and inspector general at $2.000 and h
the bill also carries the raise of the
he: penitentiary superintendent 's salar
at $2,230.
ITo Promote Uniform Legislation.
,,Senator Sinkler's bill to ''establish
a board of commissioners for the pro
e- mtion of uniformity of legislation in
the United States,'' passed third GC
rreading and was ordered .sent to thet
-house.
There was some opposition to this fi
. ill, bult the sentiment of the major-N
ofthe sente w::S that in1:1mc G1t1
s s the new comimff~f reriuin: y
e 'e:n!!ure of ml:meyC and may do al
-ac wok .o the oasse'e of uniform; c
aws, it should pass.
The aye and nay vote on the pas
age of the third reading of the bill
tood:
Ayes-Bates, Carlisle, Clifton,
_;rosson, Graydon, Hardin, Hough,
Fohnstone, Mauldin, McKeithan,
dontgomery, Muckenfuss, Otts,
nkler, Smith, Spivery, Stewart, Sul
ivan, Walker, Weston, Williams,
Yharton-Total 22.
Nays-Appelt, Bates, Black, Car
enter, Croft, Earle, Forrest, Griffin,
larvey. Johnson, Laney, Lide, Rains
ord, Rogers, Summew. Townsend,
Yaller-Total 17.
WANT ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS.
3enate and House Committees on
Railroads Give Hearing.
Cews and Courier.
Columbia, January 22.-There was
i hearing in the senate chamber this
ifternoon before the railroad com
nittees of the senate and house uopn
wo very important railroad bills that
iave been introduced in the legisla
ure.
Engineers H. E. Thompson and D.
T. McAllister spoke in favor of the
lectric headlight bills. The line of
irgument used in favor of electrie
ieadlights was that they are the pro
>er lights to safeguard against acci
lents, and are in every manner in
:eeping with modern railroading.
Engineers J. J. Jennings and Wil
iam Jackson, the former being chair
nan of the engineer? board of ad
ustment of the Atlantic Coast Line
ystem, spoke against the bill, alleg
ng that the electric headlights de
troy the vison so that signals cannot
>e oroperly seen.
B. L Abney, counsel for the
outhern; J. Hainan, general master
nechanic of the eastern division of
he Southern: P' A. Wilcox. attorney
>r the Coast Line: A. W. Anderson,
!iperintendent of the C. and W. C.;
1. B. Smith, member of the South
'arolina legislative board of the B.
>f L. F., all spoke against the bill.
i was pointed out that cost of
naintaining each such -electric head
ight would be $400 per year. The
1unber of engines in the Atlantic
joast Line system being 663, the
noney to be expended by this road
>er year in keeping up the electri
;vstem would be $266,000Y.
After all arguments for and against
Lad been heard, the hearing was con
inued until Tuesday at 3.30 p. m.
The railroads have now el'ectric
teadlights.on the engines of the main
ines. ~The house bill would require
1l engines'to have them.
There was also some argument on
he 2 1-2-eent rate bill of Senator
raydon providing for. the doing
way with the necessity of exchang
og mileage for tickets as is now the
ase. This hearing was also postpon
d to a later date. This bill is onein
chichi the drummers are very much
aterested.
Death of Miss Marie Bobb.
Miss Marie Bobb, daughter of Mr.
ranis Bobb, of Prosperity, died at
er father's home on Friday night
ter an illness of three weeks. The
uneral services were conducted Sat
rar afternoon by Rev. M1. 0. J.
reps. and the interment was had at
'rosperity.
Mis-s Bobb was the eldest daughi
j i the family and was about thir
v-two years old. She is survived by
er father. one sister and two broth
She was a young lady of fine quali
es tof charaeter and disposition.
he will be greatly missed. from the
ome circle where she was so much
>ved, as well as by a large circle of
iends and acquaintances.
Death of Dr. G. r. S. Wright.
Dr. George F. S. Wright died at
eorgetown on January 21, 1909, in
1e 76th year of his age.
Dr. Wright was a dentist by pro
?ssion1 and for severl yer l.*j5ived in
ewberry county. He has been in
eoretownI. however, for about 35
ears. His wife was a Miss Boinest
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